Auction Catalogue

30 March 2011

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 663

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30 March 2011

Hammer Price:
£190

An 1822 pattern infantry officer’s sword, the slightly curved 82cm blade by Henry Wilkinson, Pall Mall, London, No. 11356 (for 1861) back-edged and spear-pointed, etched with crowned VR cypher, foliate scrolls etc., and within an ornate cartouche the owner’s crest and motto ‘Loyal je serai durant ma vie’, regulation copper-gilt Gothic hilt incorporating VR cypher, fish-skin covered grip bound with copper wire, complete with its black leather scabbard with three brass regulation mounts, sold with a letter from Wilkinson Sword stating that the sword was sold to ‘Hourton’, gilding well worn overall and blade with cut marks to back edge £150-200